different between occupation vs inhabitation

English

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupation, from Latin occup?tio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kj??pe???n/, /?kj??pe???n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kj??pe???n/, /?kj??pe???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

occupation (countable and uncountable, plural occupations)

1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
3. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

Synonyms

• (activity with which one occupies oneself) employment, interest, line of work, profession, vocation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occup?tio, occup?ti?nem. Synchronically analysable as occuper +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.pa.sj??/

Noun

occupation f (plural occupations)

1. occupation (the occupying of a territory; something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby; act of occupying, of being an occupant)

Related terms

• occuper

Further reading

• “occupation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

inhabit +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

inhabitation (countable and uncountable, plural inhabitations)

1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
3. Population; inhabitants.